{"id":430,"date":"2017-02-17T01:50:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T01:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2017-02-17T01:50:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T01:50:42","slug":"air-raid-on-yemen-funeral-kills-at-least-nine-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2017\/02\/17\/air-raid-on-yemen-funeral-kills-at-least-nine-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Air raid on Yemen funeral ‘kills at least nine women’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Jazeera:<\/strong>\u00a0At least eight women and a child were killed in an overnight air raid on a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, medics said.<\/p>\n

At least 10 more women were reported wounded in the raid on Thursday, which hit the women’s reception area at a funeral in Arhab district, 40km north of Sanaa.<\/p>\n

Medics dispatched to the incident identified the bombing site as the residence of Mohammed Al Nakii in the village of Shiraa.<\/p>\n

Houthi rebels, who control the capital, accused a Saudi-backed coalition of carrying out the attack.<\/p>\n

A coalition spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

Residents said the raid took place when mourners had gathered to offer condolences after a woman died.<\/p>\n

“People heard the sound of planes and started running from the house but then the bombs hit the house directly. The roof collapsed and there was blood was everywhere,” a resident of the village told a Reuters news agency cameraman on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Pictures published in local media showed people searching through the rubble of the destroyed house of Nakii, a tribal chief who was said to be allied with Yemen’s Houthi movement.<\/p>\n

Last October, 140 people were killed and more than 600 injured in a coalition\u00a0bombardment of a funeral hall\u00a0in rebel-controlled Sanaa.<\/p>\n

At the time, the Saudi-led coalition blamed the bombing on “wrong\u00a0information” from its Yemeni allies.<\/p>\n

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has been locked in conflict with Houthi rebels since late 2014.<\/p>\n

The fighting intensified in March 2015 when the Houthis first\u00a0advanced on the southern city of Aden, prompting Saudi Arabia and its allies to\u00a0start an air campaign against the group.<\/p>\n

The death toll from the October raid was one of the highest in any single incident since the Saudi-led alliance began military operations to try to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power following his ousting by the Houthis.<\/p>\n

The UN says the civilian death toll has reached 10,000, with 40,000 wounded.<\/p>\n

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